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Sunday, 4 June 2017

Dying Games is out! What do you think?

'Dying Games is not to be missed! It is Robinson's finest work to date.'

My new Jefferson Tayte Genealogy Mystery, Dying Games, has been out for one month now, and I couldn't be happier with the reception it's received. Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy, and to those who have let me know what you think about the book on Facebook and Twitter, and in your reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, which are much appreciated as always.

'This book was amazing! The mind of Steve Robinson to devise a plot like this is a little scary!'

The Facebook launch party was a lot of fun, and thanks again to everyone who came along. Hopefully we can do it again next year. The competitions were fun this time around too, and I particularly liked the 'books in deadly situations' game where you had to guess the next murder weapon. I'll try to come up with something for the next book, which is coming along nicely. There's going to be an historical narrative to this one and I've just finished writing it. Now I'm getting reacquainted with JT again as I work out the plot for his side of the story in the present day.

If you've not visited my website since Dying Games was released, you'll now find there's an information page about the book, where you can discover what inspired me to write it among other background things, such as the research that went into the book. Here's a LINK if you'd like to take a look.

'WOW! I haven't read a book this exciting and physiologically draining as this, in I don't know when.'

About Me

Steve Robinson drew upon his own family history for inspiration when he imagined the life and quest of his genealogist-hero, Jefferson Tayte. The talented London-based crime writer, who was first published at age 16, always wondered about his own maternal grandfather--"He was an American GI billeted in England during the Second World War," Robinson says. "A few years after the war ended he went back to America, leaving a young family behind and, to my knowledge, no further contact was made. I traced him to Los Angeles through his 1943 enlistment record and discovered that he was born in Arkansas . . ." Robinson cites crime writing and genealogy as ardent hobbies--a passion that is readily apparent in his work. He can be contacted via his website www.steve-robinson.me or his blog at www.ancestryauthor.blogspot.com.